Real Housewife Alexia Echevarria to be grand marshal at AIDS Walk Miami on April 27, 2014

Care Resource is proud to present the 26th Annual AIDS Walk Miami: One Step Closer to the Cure on Sunday, April 27, 2014 at the Miami Beach Convention Center located on 1901 Convention Center Drive.

Joining the Walk this year as Master of Ceremonies is Mayor of Miami Beach, Philip Levine and our Grand Marshal is television personality Alexia Echevarria from the Bravo Network’s hit reality show ‘The Real Housewives of Miami’.

“I am honored to have been selected to be the grand Marshall of the AIDS WALK MIAMI. I feel that by fundraising efforts like this kind I can help raise awareness, bring hope and build a sense of community. Many People living with HIV/AIDS in our community simply cannot afford medical care and treatment and need our help.”

The 26th Annual AIDS Walk Miami is a 5K (3.1 miles) walk-a-thon fundraiser benefiting Care Resource and the Food for Life Network. All funds raised from the Walk help benefit Miami-Dade and Broward Counties diverse communities in need. HIV care and treatment is becoming increasingly effective but new HIV infection rates in Miami-Dade and Broward still rank the highest in the nation.

AIDS Walk Miami is one of the oldest and largest AIDS walks in the country. In 2013, this annual fundraiser helped make it possible for Care Resource to:

Serve over 79,850 client encounters with over 17,224 medical visits to 5,426 patients.

The Walk starts outside the Miami Beach Convention Center and ends at the Miami Beach Botanical Gardens. To show solidarity, walkers are encouraged to wear their red shoes. Registration begins at 8:00am. The walk begins promptly at 9:00am. To register online, visitwww.aidswalkmiami.org.

ABOUT ALEXIA ECHEVARRIA

Alexia Echevarria personifies Miami fashion and Latin-American culture. She is a multilingual businesswoman and television personality on Bravo Network’s hit reality show ‘The Real Housewives of Miami.’ She is also the Executive Editor and face of Venue magazine – a national luxury-lifestyle Latin publication that in 7 years has become one of Miami’s eminent authorities on luxury, fashion, celebrities and culture.

Our Mission: “Through education, prevention, research, care, treatment and support services, Care Resource’s mission is to improve the health and overall quality of life for our diverse South Florida communities in need. “

Care Resource is a 501(c)(3) non-profit with demonstrated excellence in the multicultural field of HIV/AIDS and it works to fulfill its mission and have a positive impact on Miami-Dade and Broward communities. Care Resource provides its services to all persons regardless of ability to pay and charges for services on a community board approved sliding-fee scale based on patients’ family income and size. Clients have access to a “one-stop” location for primary medical care, information and referrals, case management, dental care, mental health and substance abuse counseling, nutrition programs, pediatrics, transportation vouchers, and testing. Furthermore, the agency’s many health promotion and education programs go out into the community and engage populations at high risk, affected and/or infected by HIV/AIDS and other STDs.